Volleyball is a team sport where every point is built together.
Becoming a volleyball coach means learning to coordinate, motivate and bring players together around a shared goal.
So here are the steps to get qualified and bring a strong club project to life.
1. The courses to become a volleyball coach
Volleyball England offers two main awards for coaches working in clubs:
- Assistant Coach Award: the first step, open from age 16. It is an eight-week blended course with an online classroom session and a one-day practical, covering the coach’s role, safe and ethical practice and core skills such as the dig, volley, serve, block and spike. However, assistant coaches under 18 must be directly supervised by a higher-level coach.
- Club Coach Award: for coaches aged 18 and over who hold the Assistant Coach Award (or an equivalent Level 1), are registered as a coach with Volleyball England and have valid safeguarding and first aid qualifications. Then, over around eight months, it combines online classroom sessions, a face-to-face practical weekend and self-study modules.
- Ongoing development: once you’re established, further courses, workshops and beach volleyball pathways help you keep progressing.
To take the Club Coach Award, you need to be delivering regular coaching sessions throughout the course, usually at your own club: the perfect setting to lead a project that goes beyond the court.
2. The club project: at the heart of your coaching
After all, good coaching is as much about team spirit and community as it is about technique.
That is why clubs value coaches who lead a club project that brings registered members together and strengthens club life.
For example, a few typical project ideas:
- A “families & juniors” tournament
- A short video about life at the club
- Launching a club sticker album that brings together the faces and stories of every member
Above all, that last idea perfectly reflects the spirit of volleyball: everyone counts in the team’s success.
3. The club sticker album: the perfect tool to bring people together
Indeed, a club sticker album is more than a keepsake: it’s a social and coaching tool.
As a new coach, it also helps you to:
- get every registered member involved in a shared project;
- strengthen communication across the club;
- leave a lasting record of your work as a coach.
In other words, it’s a done-for-you project with real benefits for the club: no deposit, photos taken straight from our app, and extra income from in-album sponsors and sticker pack sales.
4. Become a volleyball coach: in a nutshell
In short, becoming a volleyball coach means learning to help others grow through the game, good coaching and team spirit.
So why not turn your first season as a coach into a memory the whole club shares?
